Improved lamp-snuffer



K. SCHOU.

Lamp Snuffer.

Patented April 10, 1866.

WITNESSES.

KARL SOHOU, OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA.

IMPROVED LAMP-S NUFFER.

Specification forming To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL SOHoU, ofLa Fayette, in the county of Tippecanoe and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Lamp-Shutter; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accom pan yin g drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a lampburner with my improved snuffer attached. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the upper part of a wick-tube with my improved snuft'er attached. Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the upper part of a wicktube with my improved snuft'er attached, taken through the line 00 00, Fig. l, the snuffer being open. Fig. 5 is the same view as Fig. 4, the shutter being closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an instrument by means of which the wick of a lamp may be trimmed quicklyand evenly, even when the lamp is burning, and it consists of a lamp-snuffer, constructed and operated as hereinafter more fully described, in combination with the wick-tube of an ordinary lampburner.

A is the lower part of the lamp-burner, which is screwed into the lamp-cap; B is the cone; 0 is the chimney-holder, and D is the nicktube, all of which parts are constructed in the ordinary manner. E is a strap passing around one side and the edges of the upper part of a wick-tube, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and a I portion of its ends are bent up to form ears, as seen in Fig. 1. To the ears thus formed is pivoted the plate F, the upper edge of which is slightly bent over and sharpened, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower edge of this plate is ent up, for the purd.

made heavier, and is also b poses hereinafter mentione part of Letters Patent No. 53,890, dated April 10, 1866.

G is the other blade of the made in the form re snuffer, which is presented in Fig. 3, and its ends are pivoted to the edges of the wick tube, as represented in Fig. 2, by rivets passing through the ends of the blade G, through the strap E,and the edges of the wick-tube D, securely attaching these three parts together. To one end of the blade G, a little above the pivotingpoint, is attached a wire, H, which passes down through one of the holes in the lower part of the burner and terminates in a ring or loop, h, so as to be conveniently grasped and operated. The end of the blade G opposite to the one to which the wire His attached is formed into a cam, as shown in Fig. 2. This cam operates the end of the lever l, which is pivoted to the end of the strap E, as repre sented in Fig. 1. The other end, t, of the lever I is formed into a wedge-shaped head, as seen in Figs. 1,4, and 5 The upper edge of the blade G is sharpened, as shown in Figs. 4and 5. By pulling upon the wire H the blade Gr is raised. This causes the cam formed on the end of said blade to press down the end of the lever I, which forces the wed ge-shaped head of the said lever upward, forcing the edge of the plate or blade F forward to meet the edge of the advancing plate G, snut'ling the wick between them. When the blade G is pushed back by the wire H the weighted head of the lever I falls back and the weighted lower edge of the plate or blade F draws the said blade back to its former position.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An improved lamp-snnfier, constructed and operated substantially as herein described, in combination with a lamp-wick tube, for the purpose set forth.

KARL SCHOU.

Witnesses:

G. H. HULL, J OHN W. HEATH. 

